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Controlling Mirror Symmetry Breaking and Network Formation in Liquid Crystalline Cubic,Isotropic Liquid and Crystalline Phases of Benzil-Based Polycatenars
Authors:Tino Reppe  Dr. Silvio Poppe  Prof. Dr. Carsten Tschierske
Affiliation:Institute of Chemistry, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt-Mothes-Straße 2, 06120 Halle, Germany
Abstract:Spontaneous development of chirality in systems composed of achiral molecules is important for new routes to asymmetric synthesis, chiral superstructures and materials, as well as for the understanding of the mechanisms of emergence of prebiotic chirality. Herein, it is shown that the 4,4′-diphenylbenzil unit is a universal transiently chiral bent building block for the design of multi-chained (polycatenar) rod-like molecules capable of forming a wide variety of helically twisted network structures in the liquid, the liquid crystalline (LC) and the crystalline state. Single polar substituents at the apex of tricatenar molecules support the formation of the achiral (racemic) cubic double network phase with Iaurn:x-wiley:09476539:media:chem202002869:chem202002869-math-0001 d symmetry and relatively small twist along the networks. The combination of an alkyl chain with fluorine substitution leads to the homogeneously chiral triple network phase with I23 space group, and in addition, provides a mirror symmetry broken liquid. Replacing F by Cl or Br further increases the twist, leading to a short pitch double gyroid Iaurn:x-wiley:09476539:media:chem202002869:chem202002869-math-0002 d phase, which is achiral again. The effects of the structural variations on the network structures, either leading to achiral phases or chiral conglomerates are analyzed.
Keywords:chirality  cubic phases  liquid crystals  mirror symmetry breaking  soft matter
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